"Tread Water" lyrics

How long can we tread water?
How long can we stay afloat?

You loved me like a broken record
Skipping through your favorite verse
You're dancing on to something better
With somebody that knows your worth

I'm, I'm just an echo
Yeah, I'm, I'm just a wave crashing

How long can we tread water?
How long can we stay 'float?
You wanna swim, you gotta learn to let go
'Cause if you hold me any longer, yeah, you know
We'll sink like a stone

I never meant to break that promise
I never meant to let you down
You thought that I was something different
It's funny how it all played out, yeah

I, I was your lifeboat
But I capsized in your waves, crashing

How long can we tread water?
How long, how long?
How long can we stay 'float?
How long, how long?
You wanna swim, you gotta learn to let go
'Cause if you hold me any longer, yeah, you know
We'll sink like a stone

Now nothing I can say is gonna change the way it was
The tide can't wash away the memory of us
And while the search and rescue's circling above
I'd give you the last breath of air from my lungs

How long can we tread water?
How long can we stay afloat?
You wanna swim, you gotta learn to let go
'Cause if you hold me any longer, yeah, you know
We'll sink like a stone
If you hold me any longer, yeah, you know
We'll sink like a stone

We'll sink like a stone